Craig Millar was Buffalo's tenth pick, 225th overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft from the Swift Current Broncos of the WHL.

Millar played with his hometown Winnipeg Hawks of the MAHA in 1991-92 before joining Swift Current for four seasons. In his rookie year he suited up for 43 games, scoring just three points while seeing limited ice time. His totals improved slightly in the second year when he had eleven points in 66 games but it was his third year when he broke out offensively scoring 50 points in 72 games. Millar's fourth and final season with the Broncos was his best when he had 31 goals and 77 points in 72 games finishing second in team scoring behind Josh St. Louis. He was named to the WHL's East First All-Star Team.

On March 18, 1997 Millar was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Miroslav Satan while playing in the minors with the Rochester Americans. He was called up for his first NHL soon thereafter, failing to record a point. He closed out the season with the Hamilton Bulldogs, the Oilers' AHL affiliate. The following year he was called up to Edmonton for four eleven games and scored four goals. In 60 games with the Bulldogs he had ten goals and 32 points. He played another 24 games with the Oilers in 1998-99 before moving on to the Nashville Predators in 199-00 when he played in 57 games, scoring three goals and 14 points. He began the 2000-01 campaign with the Predators but was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning where he appeared in 16 games.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1991-92

Winnipeg Mavericks

MMMHL

1992-93

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

43

2

1

3

8

1993-94

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

66

2

9

11

53

7

0

3

3

4

1994-95

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

72

8

42

50

80

6

1

1

2

10

1995-96

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

72

31

46

77

151

6

1

0

1

22

1996-97

Rochester Americans

AHL

64

7

18

25

65

1996-97

Edmonton Oilers

NHL

1

0

0

0

2

0

1996-97

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

10

1

3

4

10

22

4

4

8

21

1997-98

Edmonton Oilers

NHL

11

4

0

4

8

-3

1997-98

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

60

10

22

32

113

+9

9

3

1

4

22

1998-99

Edmonton Oilers

NHL

24

0

2

2

19

-6

1998-99

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

43

3

17

20

38

+15

11

1

5

6

18

1999-00

Nashville Predators

NHL

57

3

11

14

28

-6

1999-00

Milwaukee Admirals

IHL

8

1

5

6

6

+9

2000-01

Nashville Predators

NHL

5

0

0

0

6

+1

2000-01

Grand Rapids Griffins

IHL

12

1

2

3

2

-2

2000-01

Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

16

1

1

2

10

-8

2000-01

Detroit Vipers

IHL

11

0

2

2

32

-8

2001-02

HC Slovan Harvard Bratislava

Slovakia

10

0

0

0

8

2001-02

EV Regensburg

German-2

18

5

5

10

122

10

3

5

8

38

NHL Totals

114

8

14

22

73

WHL East First All-Star Team (1996) AHL All-Rookie Team (1997)

Traded to Edmonton by Buffalo with Barrie Moore for Miroslav Satan, March 18, 1997. Traded to Nashville by Edmonton for Detroit's 3rd round pick (previously acquired, Edmonton selected Mike Comrie) in 1999 NHL Draft, June 26, 1999. Claimed on waivers by Tampa Bay from Nashville, October 25, 2000. Traded to Ottawa by Tampa Bay for John Emmons, March 13, 2001.